Ancient life begets new medicines. An informative video describes how scientists are developing innovative drugs using blood and other biological components from animals. It focuses on Komodo dragons, sea sponges, and horseshoe crabs.

Concepts

dragons, drugs, biochemistry

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a biologist or pharmacologist to give a presentation about the development of medicines
• Have scholars research other drugs developed from animals or plants
  

Classroom Considerations

• Some basic biology knowledge, such as peptides, is advantageous but not necessary

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Narration is well paced and easy to comprehend
• Interesting graphics and animations will hold viewer interest
  

Cons

• None